Attitudes to industrial espionage（间谍活动）

What do people think about stealing and selling industrial secrets?

A．Sarah J. . an industrial chemist

For some years now I have been engaged in highly secret chemical research. Because there is so much industrial espionage now. I have got used to a certain lack of freedom. There is an atmosphere：of suspicion almost everywhere，and I am well aware of the dangers of talking about my work，or even of telling new acquaintances where I work. I know I must keep my work secret.

B．Charles S.，an inventor

There was a time. When I was employed as a scientific adviser to a large company，where I thought there was too much secrecy in industry. I have an agent who looks after a part of my business. and she has always  insisted that I take out patents on all of my inventions，however ridiculous they may look. She also insists on my locking away all plans and technical drawings.

C．Peter, a science teacher

I teach chemistry and physics to young people up to the age of l8 to the best of my ability in the hope that they will go to university and eventually go into industry. I hate the whole business of industrial spying：I know it goes on and l warn my students about getting involved in buying or selling secrets. An old friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and although he says he has no important information，he has had his phone tapped （窃听），and he has been approached by a representative of another large company

D．Laura B．，an advertising executive

Some follow sales executives and I were discussing the question of industrial espionage in conference recently. While the others felt it only took place in the manufacturing industries，I pointed out that it was just as prevalent in areas like sales. advertising，insurance and other service industries. It’s a fact of life: we all have our secrets that other companies would pay a lot of money to see.

1．Who points out that spying takes place even in service industries?

    A．Laura B．        B．Sarah J.           C．Peter L.           D．Charles S.

2．All the following can be inferred EXCEPT         .

    A．Charles S. may not leave his/her work lying around for anyone to see.

    B．Sarah J. seems to have accepted the need for secrecy in his /her work

    C．Laura B．used not to understand why there was so much secrecy in industry

    D．Peter L. 0ften warns his students of industrial espionage

3．Which of the following is the closest to prevalent in meaning?

    A．Common.        B．Important.       C．Different .       D．Attractive

4．You any read this article in           .

A．a science fiction                               B．a magazine

C．a poster                                           D．an advertisement

Attitudes to industrial espionage(间谍活动)

What do people think about stealing and selling industrial secrets?

For some years now I have been engaged in highly secret chemical research．Because there is so much industrial espionage now．I have got used to a certain lack of freedom．There is an atmosphere：of suspicion almost everywhere，and I am well aware of the dangers of talking about my work，or even of telling new acquaintances where I work．I know I must keep my work secret．

There was a time．When I was employed as a scientific adviser to a large company，where I thought there was too much secrecy in industry．I have an agent who looks after a part of my business．and she has always  insisted that I take out patents on all of my inventions，however ridiculous they may look．She also insists on my locking away all plans and technical drawings．

I teach chemistry and physics to young people up to the age of l8 to the best of my ability in the hope that they will go to university and eventually go into industry．I hate the whole business of industrial spying：I know it goes on and l warn my students about getting involved in buying or selling secrets．An old friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and although he says he has no important information，he has had his phonetapped(窃听)，and he has been approached by are preventatives of another large company

Some follow sales executives and I were discussing the question of industrial espionage in conference recently．While the others felt it only took place in the manufacturing industries，I pointed out that it was just as prevalent in areas like sales．advertising，insurance and other service industries．It’s a fact of life: we all have our secrets that other companies would pay a lot of money to see.

64．Who points out that spying takes place even in service industries?

    A．Laura B．    B．Sarah J．    C．Peter L．    D．Charles S．

65．All the following can be inferred EXCEPT         

    A．Charles S. may not leave his/her work lying around for anyone to see.

    B．Sarah J.seems to have accepted the need for secrecy in his /her work

    C．Laurd B．used not to understand why there was so much secrecy in industry

    D．Peter L．0ften warns his students of industrial espionage

66．Which of the following is the closest to prevalent in meaning?

    A．Common．          B．Important．    C．Different ．    D．Attractive

67．You may read this article in            

    A．a science fiction    B．a magazine     C．a poster           D．an advertisement

On Wednesday afternoon Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or so she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and   1  a sharp lookout for the bargains that were something to be haD．And then, with all the   2  she needs bought she would leave the market for the   3  of the town to spend another hour   4  she liked best, looking in furniture-shop windows.

One Wednesday she found a  5  shop full of the most delightful things, with a   6  inviting anyone to walk in and look round without   7  they had to buy something. Annie hesitated a moment   8  stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped   9  before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which  10  ,“This fine chair is yours for less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week …Why, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never   11  it!

A voice at her shoulder made her   12  .“Can I help you, Madam?” She looked   13  at the assistant who had come softly to her  14 

“Oh, well, no,” she said, “I was just   15  .”

“We have chairs of all kinds in the   16  . If you'll just come up, you will find something to  17  you.”

Annie, worried at the thought of being   18  to buy something she didn't   19  , left the shop   20  .

1．A．taking             B．making              C．fixing                   D．keeping

2．A．chairs　         B．furniture　         C．things                   D．bargains

3．A．shops　         B．streets            C．delightful things    D．bus station

4．A．in the way　   B．by the way　　  C．in a way               D．in one way

5．A．new　　        B．noisy                 C．large                     D．strange

6．A．message　      B．notice                C．note                     D．flag

7．A．arguing　       B．declaring            C．frightening            D．feeling

8．A．when　　      B．before                C．after                     D．while

9．A．doubted　　   B．surprised　        C．puzzled                 D．delighted

10．A．wrote　　    B．told                   C．informed               D．said

11．A．lose              B．miss                  C．pass                     D．make

12．A．jump　　     B．run                    C．laugh                    D．surprise

13．A．round　　    B．straight              C．behind                  D．up

14．A．place            B．back                  C．side                      D．front

15．A．thinking　　 B．looking              C．walking                D．passing

16．A．doorway　   B．storehouse　      C．showroom　　     D．market

17．A．suit              B．fit                      C．serve                    D．match

18．A．advised　　  B．made                 C．persuaded　　      D．cheated

19．A．like               B．afford                C．pay                      D．need

20．A．slowly　　   B．thoughtfully　    C．hurriedly               D．carefully

In a few years，you might be able to speak Chinese，Korean，Japanese，French，and English-and all at the same time. This sounds incredible，but Alex Waibel，a computer science professor at US's Car-negie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe，announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
One application，called Lecture Translation，can easily translate a speech from one language into an-other. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Us-ers also have to be trained how to use the programme.
Another machine can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what languagethey speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you，”Waibel said
Prefer to read? So- called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal display(LCD) screen.
Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech.The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face，according to research-ers.
During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus，a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks，neck and throat. Then he mouthed-without speaking aloud- a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later，the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”
This particular instrument，when fully developed，might allow anyone to speak in any number of lan-guages or，as Waibel put it，“to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the universi-ty's prototypes is to create'good enough' bridges for cross- cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world，”Waibel said.
With spontaneous(自发的) translators，foreign drivers in Germany  could listen to traffic warnings on the radio; tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people;leaders of different coun-tries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.
【小题1】What can't be learned from the text?

If you want to learn anything at school, you need to listen to your teachers. Unfortunately, millions of kids can’t hear what their teachers are saying. And it’s not because these students are goofing off. Often, it’s the room’s fault. Building architecture and building design can create echo(回声)-filled classrooms that make hearing difficult.

Children with hearing impairments（损伤）suffer most from noisy classrooms. They sometimes can’t hear questions that other students ask in class. Compared with kids with healthy hearing, they have a harder time picking up new vocabulary words by hearing them in talking.

Even kids with normal hearing have a harder time in the classroom when there’s too much noise. Younger children in particular have trouble separating important sounds – like a teacher’s voice – from background noise. Kids with learning disabilities and speech impediments（障碍）and kids for whom English is a second language also have a harder time learning in noisy situations.

In recent years, scientists who study sound have been asking schools to reduce background noise, which may include loud air-conditioners and pipes. They’re also targeting outdoor noises, such as highway traffic. Noise reduction is a big deal. Why? Because quieter classrooms might make you smarter by letting you hear your lessons better.

“It’s so obvious that we should have quiet rooms that allow for access to the lesson,” says Dan Ostergren, a hearing scientist. “Sometimes it surprises me that we spend so much time discussing this topic. I just want to go. Why is this hard for anyone to grasp?”

1. The underlined part “goofing off” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “      ”.

A. lazy                  B. intelligent                 C. sleepy               D. foolish

2.Who is most affected by noisy classrooms?

A. Children with learning disabilities.          B. Children with hearing impairments.

C. Children with speech impediments.         D. Children with normal hearing.

3. Why should noise be reduced in classrooms?

A. Quiet classrooms are suitable for kids to have discussions.

B. Quiet classrooms help kids recover from hearing impairments.

C. Kids can become smarter after hearing lessons better.

D. Kids can’t separate sounds of air-conditioners and pipes.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Noisy classrooms                                  B. Classroom design

C. The sense of hearing                              D. Disabled kids